Dirty Money, Dirty Science
The biotech industry’s web of attempts to buy credibility, by laundering its messages through supposedly independent academic scientists, is unraveling and beginning to reveal the influence of a huge amount of industry money on the independence of academic...
Rocky Road for Roundup
It didn’t take much convincing to get Mike Pietzyk to try a new weed-killing product on one of his cornfields in southeastern Nebraska. “The days of going out and spraying Roundup twice a year—those are long gone,” says Pietzyk, a second-generation grower who has...
Are all forms of Bt toxin safe?
There are many types of Bt toxin in the wild and in genetically engineered plants; research has raised safety concerns relating to some of them. Declaring them all safe is premature, and here’s why. Thus far, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded...
GMO Questions and Answers
How are genetically engineered (GE) crops different from those that are not genetically engineered? The short answer is that the genes used in genetically engineered crops are often not from an organism that is similar to the crop. The GE genes may introduce...
Backhoe, anyone? That is what we are going to need to dig out the depth of the corruption of USAID. This clip with @RepThomasMassie is eye-opening:
Delighted to weigh in and comment on this @ChildrensHD story today!
I appreciate this post from @goddeketal on the historical overview of the man who single-handedly changed our health landscape from holistic to Pharma-driven. The irony is his practitioner was a homeopath!
Parental Alert: Whoa! That should get everyone's attention: